Transit publishers Adam Z. Levy and Ashley Nelson Levy recognized among Post Next 50

Transit Books publishers Adam Z. Levy and Ashley Nelson Levy have been recognized among The Washington Post’s Post Next 50, the newspaper’s “annual look at the people who are actively reshaping how America thinks, works, connects and creates.”

Madeleine NephewFebruary 9, 2026

Transit Books to receive $40,000 Award from the National Endowment for the Arts

Transit Books has been approved for a $40,000 grant to support the publication and promotion of books of fiction and nonfiction, including works in translation.

Lizzie Davis Promoted to Executive Editor

Transit NewsTransit BooksDecember 17, 2024Lizzie Davis, Executive Editor

A Day With Mousse is a 2024 New York Times Best Children's Book of the Year

Guest UserDecember 10, 2024

Iman Mersal and Traces of Enayat profiled in The New York Times

The New York Times featured a profile of Iman Mersal’s “subtle and universal exploration of identity,” Traces of Enayat.

ReviewsJarrod AnnisApril 3, 2024Iman Mersal, Traces of Enayat, Egyptian Literature

Cold Nights of Childhood wins 2024 NBCC Gregg Barrios Book in Translation Prize

Cold Nights of Childhood by Tezer Özlü (tr. Maureen Freely) has won the Gregg Barrios Book in Translation Prize awarded by the National Book Critics Circle.

AwardsJarrod AnnisMarch 28, 2024

The Birthday Party Shortlisted for the 2023 Republic of Consciousness Prize, US & Canada

The Birthday Party by Laurent Mauvignier (tr. Daniel Levin Becker) has been shortlisted for the 2023 Republic of Consciousness Prize, US & Canada.

Transit Receives $30,000 Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA)

Transit Books has been approved for a $30,000 grant to support the publication and promotion of books of fiction and nonfiction, including works in translation.